Safety

Speed cameras Philly

Speed cameras may be added along Route 13 in Philadelphia

What Thanksgiving foods are safe for dogs to eat?

thanksgiving pet safety

Children's Health

Parents often move kids out of booster car seats too soon, risking their safety

Booster Car Seat

SEPTA increases police presence and ramps up safety measures for students commuting to and from school

SEPTA police school students

SEPTA ordered to correct safety issues found in Federal Transit Administration review

SEPTA Safety

Philly's new Office of Public Safety brings together several city services

Office Public Safety

Chemicals in plastic food containers have been linked to preterm births; here's how to avoid them

Phthalates preterm birth

Spruce Hill residents seek to add pedestrian plaza to slow traffic near Penn Alexander School

43rd and Spruce streets

Crosswalk murals have been shown to reduce traffic crashes, so Fishtown just added one to a busy intersection

Fishtown Crosswalk Mural

Sirens to blare in Philly on Thursday night as part of citywide fire drill

Philly Fire Drill

West Reading chocolate factory failed to evacuate workers before explosion despite gas leak warnings, OSHA says

RM Palmer Explosion OSHA

6 North Philly schools to receive road and crosswalk safety upgrades with $25 million in federal funding

Traffic zone upgrades

Over 1.5 million dehumidifiers under recall due to fires, overheating

Little League World Series removes bunk beds from dorms after player fell and fractured skull last summer

As SEPTA workers begin mandated safety training, riders should expect delays

SEPTA Safety Trainings

New Temple University safety app allows students to contact police with one tap

Temple Safety App

Children's Health

New parental control features come to Instagram, Facebook and Messenger

Meta parental controls

Most drownings among young children occur in backyard pools; here's how to keep them safe as they swim

How to protect pets from wildfire smoke

wildfire pet safety

Ocean City may soon ban electric bikes from its boardwalk

Ocean City e-bike ban

Philadelphia police to deploy more officers near recreation centers this summer to combat crime

Philly Police Rec Centers

Philly schools appoint executive director to oversee asbestos issues

School District Oversight

Protecting Property and Lives: The Importance of Fire Watch Guards Services

Limited - Acend The Fast Fire Watch Company

A new dashboard tracks quality of life in all of Philly's 372 neighborhoods

ProgressPHL dashboard

Proposed public safety director would oversee Philly's gun violence response

Public Safety Director

SEPTA to deploy more police officers on trains in response to safety concerns

SEPTA Police Crime

School District of Philadelphia suing the city over building safety requirement law

School District lawsuit

Fisher-Price baby sleeper, recalled in 2019, linked to 100 infant deaths

Fisher-Price recall infant sleeper

Nearly one year after deadly Fairmount fire, U.S. to mandate better smoke alarms in public housing

Parents of Pennsylvania girl, whose hair got tangled in Chuck E. Cheese ticket machine, file lawsuit in Scranton

Chuck E Cheese Lawsuit

N.J. schools must submit digital maps of buildings to police to help first responders in emergencies

New Jersey School Safety Maps

Philadelphia Fire Department to host citywide drill Thursday night

Philadelphia fire drill

17-year-old faces charges for bomb threat at Coatesville Area Senior High School

Coatesville Bomb Threats

Pets can overheat in the summer heat; here's how to keep them safe

Fireworks would be limited to specific hours in Pennsylvania under proposed law

Pennsylvania Fireworks Law

Chuck Clark for Jalen Reagor? The Eagles and Ravens reportedly talked about it

Black bear spotted in Plymouth Meeting leads to safety warning and traps set

Black Bear Plymouth Meeting

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